The world’s largest wind turbine has been switched on
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The world’s largest wind turbine has been switched on
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#3For whatever reason, wind power tends to be back-of-mind for me. Clearly, I'm missing out!
What amazing machines!
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#4"just one of these turbines should be able to produce enough electricity to power 36,000 households of three people each for one year"
Does this imply that a turbine only lasts 1 year?
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#5123 meter blades, that’s insane. This means the tip of the blade travels 772 meters in a single rotation. The speed of sound is 340 meters per second, meaning if it travels more than 0.44 rotations in a second, the tips of the blades are breaking the sound barrier.
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#6"just one of these turbines should be able to produce enough electricity to power 36,000 households of three people each for one year" Does this imply that a turbine only lasts 1 year?
How does it imply that?
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#7"just one of these turbines should be able to produce enough electricity to power 36,000 households of three people each for one year" Does this imply that a turbine only lasts 1 year?
lmao yeah dude they replace it every year.
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#8123 meter blades, that’s insane. This means the tip of the blade travels 772 meters in a single rotation. The speed of sound is 340 meters per second, meaning if it travels more than 0.44 rotations in a second, the tips of the blades are breaking the sound barrier.
That is crazy, but, on the other hand, seeing this rotate faster than once every two seconds would be insanely fast.
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#9Curious about what is the upper limit. How much can we go beyond 16 MW before physics laws put a cap on size?
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#10123 meter blades, that’s insane. This means the tip of the blade travels 772 meters in a single rotation. The speed of sound is 340 meters per second, meaning if it travels more than 0.44 rotations in a second, the tips of the blades are breaking the sound barrier.
If they do break the sound barrier, that's also when the efficiency drops iirc. So I guess they'll switch it to a heavier load or RPM, or apply the brakes?
Not sure how that works for a wind turbine